Alexandra Cousteau

Alexandra Cousteau’s Expedition Blue Planet Belize – 2012

For 3 years (2010-12) Neil Rogers fostered collaboration between Alexandra Cousteau, the Blue Legacy Foundation and Francis Ford Coppola Resorts.

Coppola Resorts agreed to support and host Alexandra’s Expedition Blue Planet Belize so in the fall of 2011 Neil accompanied Alexandra Cousteau, Fritz Neumeyer (Alexandra’s husband) and ex-National Geographic producer Martha Conboy on a 10-day scouting trip around Belize. The theme of the 2012 expedition was to be ‘water’explaining the critical link between the water that originates in Chiquibul Forest and flows along the Chiquibul, Raspaculo, Macal, Mopan and Belize Rivers to Belize’s coastal communities and out to the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef.

Along the way the compelling story of NGOs, communities and tourism stakeholders would unfold as the water story began to flow. The tragedy of illegal deforestation and poaching, changing land use patterns, the impacts of negative tourism development all threaten to overwhelm Belize’s meagre financial and human resources. Yet the story aimed to tell of great hope through tales of corporate responsibility, sustainable tourism practices and most importantly the eye witness accounts of Belize’s modern day conservation heros.

Although funding for the filming is yet to be found rogers&co ab remains committed to telling this important story in order to help protect and conserve the Chiquibul Forest and the Maya Mountain Massif.

You can follow Alexandra Cousteau’s work at www.alexandracousteau.com and via the Blue Legacy web site and blog at www.bluelegacy.net

To learn more about the Chiquibul Forest and Friends for Conservation and Development (FCD) www.fcdbelize.org